hydrofobicity

Dear Netters,
I have been read some papers about bacterial adhesion to hydrocarbon, using
a simple test consisted in mix a suspension of cells with hexadecane in a tube
and measure the decrease of concentration in whitin aquous phase.
I would like to ask you all, if there is a similar test to study
hydrofobicity in yeasts. .
any help (references, comments...) will be valuable.
thanks,
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Mauricio Cesar Palmieri
Mestrando em Biotecnologia
UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULO
BRAZIL
E - mail: mcpalmie at fox.cce.usp.brPalmieri at arq000.uesp.ansp.br
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Araraquara - SP - Brazil
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